Therapeutic fasting
Fasting healing therapy: The spring cleaning for body & mind
Freeing the body from ballast, possibly even getting rid of a pound or two - therapeutic fasting retreats give the body a new attitude to life. The healing therapies provide more health and lightness through cleansing. Relax in natural surroundings and look forward to regenerating hours in the most beautiful regions of Europe.
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Daily we take a lot of unwelcome substances into our body without being aware of it. Therefore, it is good for the body to give it a cleanse from time to time. Fasting is often associated with weight loss, but much more significant is cleansing and purification.
A therapeutic fasting program helps the body flush out ballast by eliminating certain foods and increasing the intake of plenty of cleansing fluids. Would you like to give your body a healthy reboot? Do you feel like spending some relaxing time in nature? Then the therapeutic fasting spa vacation is a welcome break for you.
Definition: What is therapeutic fasting?
A therapeutic fasting is understood to mean non-religious fasting to purify and detoxify one's own body. Some people also associate fasting with the desire to lose weight, others with a mental cleansing.
Procedure and contents of a healing therapy with therapeutic fasting
Your therapeutic fasting therapies can take different courses. One of the best known classics is the therapeutic fasting according to Buchinger . In the fasting retreat according to Buchinger, only cleansing drinks (such as water and herbal tea) are drunk after a day of relief.
In the connection there are a few build-up days, in which the body slowly again to firm food to get used dar. The Buchinger inspired program is accompanied by light exercise. In the way the digestive organs receive sufficient time and area to free the body completely from all toxins.
An alternative is the F. X. Mayr and the Schroth method, in which food is not completely avoided. The focus here is on especially slow food intake, which is primarily intended to illuminate eating habits and promote conscious eating.
Lastly, you can also book detox therapies, where the focus is on a holistic detox, including stress and environmental influences.
Indications and contraindications of therapeutic fasting
Indications
Metabolic diseases
Heilftasten allows the digestive organs to take a break and the body from all old burdens to free. Therefore, the method is a suitable therapy for metabolic diseases. Obesity can also be countered with therapeutic fasting, especially in the gentle combination of fasting, light exercise and reflection on one's own eating habits.
Immune system weakness
A healthy intestine also ensures a healthy immune system. For this very reason, therapeutic fasting is an appropriate therapy for immune system weakness. If the body is freed from harmful substances and ballast products, the immune system can also work better. Otherwise, it is constantly busy working against the internal toxins.
Exhaustion
You are constantly exhausted and do not know why? Therapeutic fasting can cleanse the body and thereby give it new energies. Often, poisoning and slagging are responsible for states of exhaustion, which are flushed out by the cleansing process during fasting. Therefore, this type of retreats also supports the energy balance.
Contraindications and side effects
In the first few days, therapeutic fasting can cause mild side effects such as headaches. This is due to the new change for the body. If you regularly consume tobacco and coffee, you will probably feel the renunciation. However, this usually subsides after the first two or three days.
Besides this, therapeutic fasting is a therapy that nearly no contraindications bring with it. However, fasting is not recommended for heart disease, eating disorders, tuberculosis and pregnancy.
These spa facilities and spa hotels await you on a therapeutic fasting trip
During your healing therapies you will be accommodated cozy and quiet, with comforts that are usually between 3 and 5 stars. We offer you different types of accommodation: From therapeutic fasting hotels, to sanatoriums, to clinics, it's all here.
You will receive a great service with all-inclusive program, sport inserts, excursions - and all this in a wonderful environment that invites you to rest and switch off.
Natural locations directly by the sea or in the mountains ensure that the psyche can also switch off appropriately and you offer the whole body a comprehensive cleansing program.
Beautiful destinations for a therapeutic fasting holiday
Within Germany you will find dreamlike destinations for your therapeutic fasting therapy, for example directly at the Baltic Sea or in the mountains. Support your healing therapies with the fresh sea air in the climatic health resort, Thalasso programs or long walks through the forest.
In Austria, the mountains call you to the therapeutic fasting hotel. Look forward to fresh air and picturesque views that will do your body and mind good. Here you can let the soul clean together with the organs.
Where could the body recover better than in the land of joie de vivre and Mediterranean diet? In Italy, you will breathe in the scent of lemon trees and olive groves, and thanks to the special Italian way of life, you will quickly find peace.
Book a therapeutic fasting spa hotel in Slovenia and let yourself be fascinated by the scenic diversity of vineyards, sea and forests. Between castles and palaces you can let your soul dream and relax in one or the other healing spring.
FAQ - Frequently asked questions about therapeutic fasting
The therapeutic fasting program serves the detoxification and purification of body and soul. Any ballast is to be let go.
No, this form of therapy is not suitable for children.
Yes, light to moderate accompanying activities such as yoga, Nordic Walking, walking and the like are even desirable during therapeutic fasting.
The therapeutic fasting according to Buchinger is simply a classic among the fasting therapies. After a relief day with light food and intestinal cleansing on the next day, 5 -7 fasting days follow, depending on the fasting retreat, on which only drinking takes place. Fasting according to Buchinger activates the body's self-healing powers and has a very positive effect on the psyche. This is followed by the so-called build-up days, during which solid food is gradually resumed. These are important in order not to overtax the metabolism. Good alternatives are to the healing therapies according to Buchinger represent the F. X. Mayr, also known as milk-semmel-diet, and the Schroth method.
The relief days are in the fasting retreat the introduction of the fasting period. They are the preparatory phase before the actual fasting days, where only light light food, such as vegetable broth is taken. At the end of the fasting period follows the breaking of the fast, where the body is accustomed again to other food.
At the beginning of the first days of fasting, your mood can suffer from the lack of food. Focus on the fact that you do something good for your body and you help him to become healthy. During the first fasting days, it helps to exchange ideas with like-minded people and motivate each other. That is why these types of holidays and retreats can be particularly beneficial. Experts will also recommend switching to a lighter diet in the days leading up to your fast, to better prepare you for the switch.
The term "fasting" is usually used as a generic term for all forms of fasting. This also includes religious fasting among Christians from Ash Wednesday to Easter or Ramadan among Muslims. With "therapeutic fasting" fasting types are described, where the primary goal is the healing of body, spirit or soul. This usually refers to particular methods like the ones inspired by Buchinger or F.X. Mayr.
From the preparation of the fast, the relief days, over the associated intestine emptying and the full fasting days up to the breaking of the fast and the introduction of the refeeding days, around 7 to 14 days tend to pass. Many retreats also offer "get to know fasting" programs that last up to 3 days. Naturally there are also longer fasting retreats with a duration of up to 6 weeks. This should be discussed however your trusted physician to see if this is at all right for you. These retreats also only ever take place in clinical settings, where medical staff are present at all times to monitor your progress.